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ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS!

2013-03-08 · letter vlog · Hank · 4:00 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Global development, Personal life) · mode: Personal essay · tags: fundraising ask, civic or action cta, community lore

Marking one million subscribers, Hank announces the ten charities receiving the $400,000-plus raised in P4A 2012, asks viewers to push the Nerdfighter Kiva group to $2 million, and reflects that he feels about the channel as he did at 10,000 subscribers.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Hank's busy day: Twitter, SciShow, P4A perks, Hank's channel, folding mug boxes with Katherine, DFTBA Records, Hank Games Live, Tumblr, Kiva

00:00:29 — Hank's-channel walkthrough of Vlogbrothers designs; Internet Archive's first capture (Dec 2007, under 10,000 subscribers)

  • ★ Hank's video for his own channel walks through all the Vlogbrothers channel designs since late 2007. — 00:00:29 · hankschannel, Vlogbrothers
  • ★★ The Internet Archive's first capture of the Vlogbrothers channel, on December 1st, 2007, eleven months in, showed just under 10,000 subscribers, then a huge deal to them. — 00:00:29 · Vlogbrothers

00:00:58 — First P4A launched at 10,000 subscribers; P4A 2012 raised over $400,000; the ten charities; one million subscribers and 300 million views

  • ★★ On the day they hit 10,000 subscribers they launched the first Project for Awesome, feeling it a shame not to use their community to do good. — 00:00:58 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ Hank says the Project for Awesome has been a huge success every year, and this year (2013) raised over $400,000. — 00:00:58 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank apologises for the delay in naming recipients: giving away a lot of money turns out to be legally complicated. — 00:01:27 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ The P4A money goes to the Office of Letters and Light, Not Forgotten, the Wildlife Waystation, the Alzheimer's Society, the Harry Potter Alliance, Save the Children, BGSU Dance Marathon, Uncultured Project, a charity heard as 'Taycho', and Love146 Dayton Task Force. — 00:01:27 · Save the Children, Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ Hank says Vlogbrothers reached a million subscribers this week (week of 4 March 2013), plus 300 million video views. — 00:01:27 · Vlogbrothers

00:02:02 — Third milestone: $2 million loaned through the Nerdfighter Kiva group (at about $1.976 million)

  • ★★★ Hank asks viewers to help reach a third milestone this week (week of 4 March 2013), $2 million loaned through Kiva's Nerdfighter group, now at about $1.976 million, using balances already in their accounts. — 00:02:02 · Bank of Nerdfighteria
  • ★ New lenders can use the link in the description, where their first $25 loan will probably be donated for free. (hedged) — 00:02:02

00:02:31 — A million subscribers feels the same as 10,000: videos for his big brother, openness, a one-of-a-kind community

  • ★★★ Though a million subscribers is a huge, impossible-feeling deal, Hank feels about the same about the project now as he did at 10,000 subscribers, and is happy about that. — 00:02:31 · Vlogbrothers

  • ★★★ Maybe that is because the videos have always been ones he makes for his big brother, or because they stay open about who they are so people don't think them more than they are. (hedged) — 00:02:31 · John Green

    “these videos have always been and remain just videos that I'm making for my big brother”

  • ★★ Or maybe, Hank says, this community is simply a one-of-a-kind, never-to-be-seen-again thing. (hedged) — 00:02:31 · Nerdfighteria

00:03:01 — Thanks to longtime and new viewers; asks for viewers' first Vlogbrothers video; 'hipster' joke; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank thanks everyone who has been part of it, from his giving away Peeps on the street in 2007 to translating dance songs in 2013. — 00:03:01 · Peeps
  • ★★ Hank asks viewers to say in the comments what their first Vlogbrothers video was and when they watched it. — 00:03:01 · Vlogbrothers
  • ★ Hank jokes that he was the first Vlogbrothers viewer, a 'hipster', says viewers are watching before it is cool, and hopes it never will be. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:30 · Vlogbrothers

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Mentioned

Central: Bank of Nerdfighteria · Project for Awesome

Also: People: Katherine Green

Projects: DFTBA Records · HankGames · hankschannel · SciShow

Organizations: Alzheimer's Society · BGSU Dance Marathon · Internet Archive · Kiva · Love146 Dayton Task Force · Not Forgotten · Office of Letters and Light · P4A 2012 recipient charity (heard as 'Taycho') · Save the Children · The Harry Potter Alliance · Tumblr · Twitter · Uncultured Project · Wildlife Waystation

Products: Peeps

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